UK's Sunday Times suing Armstrong for libel settlement

LONDON -- A British newspaper is suing Lance Armstrong for more than $1.5 million over the now-disgraced cyclist's successful libel action over doping allegations.

"The Sunday Times" paid Armstrong 300,000 pounds (now about $485,000) to settle a case after it printed allegations in 2004 that he took performance-enhancing drugs.

But this year, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that Armstrong led a massive doping program on his teams. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life.

"The Sunday Times" said in its latest edition that it has issued legal papers against Armstrong "demanding a return of the settlement payment plus interest, as well as its costs in defending the case."